230 ARALIACEA. [Panaz. 
Var. serratum, Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 45.—Leaves of mature plants with the 
margins serrated or lobulate. 
NortH AND SoutH Isianps, StEwarT Is~tAnp: Not uncommon in hilly 
forests from Hokianga southwards. Var. serratwm: Stewart Island, Kirk t 
Sea-level to 2500 ft. Raukawa; Koare. January—February. 
The Maoris formerly mixed the fragrant leaves with fat or oil, which was 
then used for anointing the person. 
4. P. anomalum, Hook. in Lond. Jowrn. Bot. ii. (1848) 422, 
t. 12.—A much-branched shrub 5-12 ft. high; branches spreading 
at right angles, younger ones usually clothed with small bristly 
scales. Leaves of young plants 3-foliolate ; petioles long, slender, 
winged ; leaflets jointed on to the petiole, stipellate at the base, 
elliptic-ovate or orbicular-ovate, sometimes lobed, toothed or crenate, 
usually membranous. Leaves of mature plants 1-foliolate; petiole 
very short, seldom more than 4 in. long; leaflet 4-2 in. long, orbicu- 
lar or oblong-orbicular, rarely narrower and oblong-obovate, rounded 
at the tip, obscurely crenate, rather coriaceous, usually with minute 
linear stipelle at the base. Umbels small, simple, axillary, 2-8- 
flowered ; peduncles very short. Flowers minute, greenish. Ovary 
2-celled; styles 2, free. Fruit $+4in. diam., orbicular, much com- 
pressed, 2-celled, mottled.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 93; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 101; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 218. 
Var. microphyllum, Kirk, I.c.— Smaller and more slender. Leaves 
smaller, 4-4in. long, obovate-lanceolate to broadly obovate, sinuate-crenate.— 
P. microphyllum, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi. (1884) 328. 
NortH AND SoutH Istanps: Not uncommon in woods from Mongonui and 
Kaitaia southwards, ascending to 2500 ft. Wauwaupaku. December-— 
February. 
A very curious plant, with the habit of Melicytus micranthus or Melicope 
simplex, quite unlike a Panaz. Mr. Colenso’s P. microphyllum is the common 
form south of the Waikato, but it differs little from the type. 
5. P. Sinclairii, Hook. 7. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 103.—A branching 
shrub or small tree 6—-15ft. high. Leaves 3-—5-foliolate; petioles 
2-3 in. long, slender, not sheathing at the base; leaflets sessile or 
very shortly stalked, 1-3in. long, obovate- or oblong-lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, dull-green, coriaceous, sharply serrate; veins 
obscure. Umbels small, unisexual, axillary or terminal, 3-10- 
flowered or more, on simple or branched peduncles 1-13 in. long; 
pedicels short. Calyx minutely 5-toothed. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, 
short, recurved. Fruit orbicular, compressed, 2-celled, 4-3 in. 
diam.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 219. 
NortH Is~tanp: Thames Goldfields, Adams! Te Aroha, Pirongia and 
Karioi Mountains, 7’. F. C.; Opepe, Taupo, Kirk! East Cape, Sinclair; Rua- 
hine Mountains, Colenso; Mount Egmont, Buchanan! 1. F. C. 1000- 
3500 ft. January—February. 
Very closely allied to P. simplex, from which it is chiefly separated by the 
leaves being 3-5-foliolate, never 1-foliolate. 
